Nintendo has announced a Maryland US District judge dismissed a patent infringement suit brought against the company by IA Labs CA, LLC which claimed the Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus products infringed on one its patents.

Nintendo’s announced this afternoon (via EG) that sales of Wii have hit 30 million in Europe since its December 2006 launch, making it the biggest-selling console this generation. As of last August, PS3 sales were as of 22 million units, while Xbox 360 numbers in Europe are a bit of an unknown so far. Nintendo’s […]

The NPD has released a top ten list of the best selling games of 2010 and amazingly, Call of Duty: Black Ops is royally serene at the very head. Other notable entries include Black Ops’ precursor, Modern Warfare 2, at eighth place; Red Dead Redemption at fifth; and NBA 2K11 sneaking in at tenth.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus have all moved 10 million units in Lifetime-to-Date numbers released this morning by Nintendo for the period between April 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009.

Wii Fit Plus has gone to No. 1 in the latest UK charts, having entered it last week at two. Last week’s No. 1, Football Manager 2010, slipped to four in the charts. The top three is rounded off by FIFA 10 and Wii Sports Resort. Dragon Age: Origins debuted at five. Find the full […]

Hidden within a supplement to its quarterly earnings report, Nintendo has revealed that Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box has sold 1.26 million units since its launch outside of Japan. Also listed as a first party million-seller was the Tomodachi Collection and Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver – each for DS – and Wii Sports Resort […]

NoA’s Reggie Fils-Aime reckons the recently-announced Wii price cut and the imminent launch of Wii Fit Plus will have a seven-figure impact to the machine’s sales. “There are literally millions of consumers out there who want a Wii and had been on the sidelines,” he said, talking to the FT. “They’d been waiting for that […]

Nintendo has announced that Wii Fit Plus will be released in Europe on October 30. It adds 15 new balance games and six new strength-training and yoga bit, and also allows you to customize your routines, should you feel like mixing things up a bit or targeting specific areas of your body. There’s also a […]

IGN’s posted up five movies of Wii Fit Plus, showing bike-riding, “flapping” and riding around on a Segway. Looks great. Here’s a thing, though. Get a bike, leave the house and ride it somewhere. Who knows? You may see something inspiring and unrelated to the inside of your house, thus reinvigorating your ever-dwindling lust for […]

Wii Fit Plus will launch in the US on October 4, NoA’s Reggie Fils-Aime said at the 2009 GameStop Manager Conference today. The exec also announced new US colours for DSi, the Wiimote and Wii MotionPlus. As of September 13, DSi will be available in white and pink: the machine’s currently on sale in blue […]

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said he sees three titles being released this year – Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros Wii and Wii Fit Plus – to sell over ten million units. “I believe each of these three software titles have the potential to surpass 10 million copies worldwide in the whole fiscal […]

Nintendo has said that fitness games are now accepted in the videogame market, and are no longer scoffed at. “When we first announced the Wii Balance Board, people were skeptical,” said Nintendo’s Denise Kaigler. “But consumers responded quickly and told their friends about it. Now when a new fitness game like Wii Fit Plus is […]